"We should not judge people by their peak of excellence; but by the distance they have traveled from the point where they started." (Nu ar trebui sa judecam oamenii dupa varful lor de excelenta; ci dupa distanta pe care au parcurs-o din punctul din care au pornit.)
Henry Ward Beecher
"If you lack knowledge, go to school. If you lack wisdom, get on your knees! Knowledge is not wisdom. Wisdom is the proper use of knowledge." (Daca iti lipseste cunoasterea mergi la scoala. Daca iti lipseste intelepciunea pune-te pe genunchi. Cunoasterea nu e intelepciune. Intelepciunea e folosirea adecvata a cunoasterii.)
Vance Havner
"Every moment and every event of every man's life on earth plants something in his soul." (Fiecare moment si fiecare eveniment al vietii omului pe pamant planteaza ceva in sufletul lui.)
Thomas Merton
"If a task is worthy of our attention, it is worthy of our best." (Daca o sarcina este demna de atentia noastra, este demna de tot ceea ce e mai bun din noi.)
Jack Hyles
"Some of your greatest blessings come with patience." (Unele din cele mai mari binecuvantari ale tale vin cu rabdare.)
Warren Wiersbe
"Goals are not only absolutely necessary to motivate us. They are essential to really keep us alive." (Telurile nu sunt doar absolut necesare pentru a ne motiva. Ele sunt esentiale pentru a ne tine, in mod real, in viata.)
Robert H. Schuller
"Do not wait; the time will never be "just right." Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command, and better tools will be found as you go along." (Nu astepta; timpul nu va fi niciodata "potrivit". Incepe din locul in care esti, lucreaza cu uneltele pe care le ai la-ndemana si vei gasi unelte mai bune pe masura ce inaintezi.)
George Herbert
"Vision is the art of seeing the invisible." (Viziunea e arta de a vedea invizibilul.)
Jonathan Swift
"If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, then you are a leader." (Daca actiunile tale ii inspira pe altii sa viseze mai mult, sa invete mai mult, sa faca mai mult, sa devina mai mult, atunci tu esti un lider.)
John Quincy Adams
"Have confidence that if you have done a little thing well, you can do a bigger thing well, too." (Ai increderea ca daca ai facut un lucru mic bine poti face, deasemenea, si un lucru mare la fel de bine.)
Joseph Storey
"Skill and confidence are an unconquered army." (Abilitatile si increderea sunt o armata nebiruita.)
George Herbert
"Public opinion is a weak tyrant compared with our own private opinion. What a man thinks of himself, that is which determines, or rather indicates, his fate." (Opinia publica este un tiran slab comparat cu opinia privata proprie. Ceea ce un om gandeste despre sine insusi, aceea e ceea ce ii va determina sau, mai bine zis, ii va indica soarta.)
Henry David Thoreau
"We should not ask, "What is wrong with the world?" for that diagnosis has already been given. Rather, we should ask, "What has happened to the salt and light?" (Nu ar trebui sa ne intrebam: "Ce e gresit cu lumea asta?" pentru ca acest diagnostic a fost deja dat. Mai degraba ar trebui sa intrebam: "Ce s-a-ntamplat cu sarea si lumina?")
John R.W. Stott
"One truth stands firm. All that happens in world history rests on something spiritual. If the spiritual is strong, it creates world history. If it is weak, it suffers world history." (Un adevar sta ferm in picioare. Tot ceea ce se intampla in istoria lumii are baza pe ceva spiritual. Daca partea spirituala e puternica va crea istorie pentru lume. Daca e slaba va suferi istoria lumii.)
Albert Schweitzer
"God bless the good-natured, for they bless everybody else." (Dumnezeu ii binecuvanteaza pe cei blajini, pentru ca ei binecuvinteaza pe toti ceilalti.)
Henry Ward Beecher
"Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree." (Chiar daca as stii ca maine lumea s-ar narui in bucati, eu totusi inca mi-as planta marul.)
Martin Luther
"Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time." (Cea mai mare slabiciune a noastra consta in a ne da batuti. Cea mai sigura cale catre reusita este intotdeauna sa mai incerci inca o data.)
Thomas A. Edison
"Where there is charity and wisdom, there is neither fear nor ignorance." (Unde exista caritate si intelepciune, acolo nu este nici frica, nici ignoranta.)
Francis of Assisi
"God often gives in one brief moment that which He has for a long time denied." (Dumnezeu daruieste cateodata intr-un moment scurt ceea ce a refuzat pentru un timp indelungat.)
Thomas a Kempis
"When you focus on being a blessing, God makes sure that you are always blessed in abundance." (Cand te focusezi sa fii o binecuvantare, Dumnezeu se asigura ca si tu esti binecuvantat in abundenta.)
Joel Osteen
“Fairy tales are more than true; not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.” (Legendele sunt mai mult decat adevarate; nu pentru ca ele ne spun ca dragonii exista, ci pentru ca ele ne spun ca dragonii pot fi infranti.)
G.K. Chesterton